Gold Coast locals spot Bear Country film crews shooting scenes outside Australia Fair

Film crews have been spotted in an unexpected location on the Gold Coast, shooting scenes for a major movie featuring Russell Crowe.

Film crews have been spotted at a surprising Gold Coast location, shooting scenes for a major movie featuring Russell Crowe.

Gold Coast local Matt Watrach shared a photo of a busy Bear Country set at Australia Fair on Wednesday morning.

“Apparently filming Bear Country till 4am. Love to see a bear roam the streets,” he said on his Facebook post.

Last month, Crowe announced he was back on the Gold Coast to begin filming the thriller.

“I hope you’ve got some sunshine for us,” he said.

“I’ll be bringing my mountain bike, looking forward to riding to work daily.”

The movie is an adaptation of Thomas Perry’s 2010 novel, Strip, and will follow formidable club owner Manco Kapak’s (played by Russell Crowe) life after he is robbed by a masked gunman.

Bear Country filming scenes at Australia Fair on the Gold Coast. Photo: Matt Watrach/Facebook

The Gold Coast will be transformed into Los Angeles for the film.

The Vampire Diaries lead actor Nina Dobrev, Warm Bodies actor Teresa Palmer and Woman of the Hour actor Danny Zovato will also appear in the film.

Award-winning actor lands on the Gold Coast

A high-profile Canadian actor, known for her lead role in the Vampire Diaries, has touched down on the Gold Coast.

Nina Dobrev said she would be calling the Gold Coast home for the next month to film movie Bear Country, also starring Russell Crowe.

Dobrev posted a day-in-the-life-style video to Instagram, where she has 26.3 million followers, sharing how she was acclimatising to the Gold Coast sun.

Nina Dobrev flies to the Gold Coast from Los Angeles for the filming of Bear Country. Photo: Instagram,

Cast of Channel 9 TV program ''The Vampire Diaries''. Paul Wesley as Stefan, Nina Dobrev as Elena and Ian Somerhalder as Damon.

The award-winning actor was shown lounging at the Langham Hotel and going on a stroll, with a cameo from one of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games’ koala statues.

“Tell me you’re in Australia without telling me you’re in Australia,” she said.

She also shared her interaction with the “Australia bin chicken” while eating breakfast at The Langham Hotel.

“The jet lag here is no joke,” she captioned her Instagram post.

Nina Dobrev shares video of Commonwealth Games koala while on the Gold Coast. Photo: Instagram

Nina Dobrev flies to the Gold Coast from Los Angeles for the filming of Bear Country. Photo: Instagram

Dobrev will join Crowe, Teresa Palmer, Danny Zovato and a rumoured Nick Jonas on the Bear Country set.

The thriller is an adaptation of Thomas Perry’s 2010 novel, Strip, and will follow formidable club owner Manco Kapak’s (played by Crowe) life after he is robbed by a masked gunman.

Last month, Crowe said he was getting ready to begin filming and that he “loved working in Queensland”.

“I hope you’ve got some sunshine for us,” he said.

“I’ll be bringing my mountain bike, looking forward to riding to work daily.”

Nina Dobrev's interaction with an Ibis, bin chicken while on the Gold Coast. Photo: Instagram

Nina Dobrev's view from the Langham hotel on the Gold Coast. Photo: Instagram

Arts Minister and Member for Surfers Paradise John-Paul Langbroek said the film was estimated to generate $11.9 million for the local economy.

“I’m confident the Gold Coast’s incredible natural environment will shine in Bear Country when it conveniently doubles as Los Angeles,” he said.

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